William E. Gladstone Quotes
We are not ready to accede to a principle of legislation by which the State shall take into its own hands the valuation of rent throughout Ireland.
Eleven years later, abuses were so great and things were so bad that Gladstone reversed himself and the Wyndam Act to regulate Irish rents was passed.
William E. Gladstone, 1809-1898, British Prime Minister (Liberal), Rejecting a proposal for rent control for tenant farmers in Ireland, 1870
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The people to be shunned were those who would bid for a property that a tenant had been evicted from for failure to pay rent. The rents would be raised to outrageous amounts for people whose crops had failed in the famine. Finally, the British government institutes rent control even though philosophically opposed to it. See {617607}.
1st Viscount Snowden. Nationalization is when a nation or state determines that certain industries of areas of the economy should be reserved for the government to operate. Private companies, if they have been operating a nationalized industry losse their rights to continue in that business and may even lose their physica assets in which case th form is supposed to be paid a fair price. In 21st century America we have very few nationalized industries. One of these is the manufacture of nuclear weapons. Communist counties have many if not most of the economy nationalized. From the 19th century socialism has evolved from a belief that most people will best be served by nationalization of most of th major economic functions. However, over time this did not meet Socialism’s other objectives and nationalism became less popular with socialists. Snowden, a leading socialist, wanted to get rid of the concept entirely, and today there are very few situations where there are calls for nationalis. Even the few remaining communist nations are privatizing (the opposite of nationalizing) some of their economy.
In the English system there is no “separation of powers”. Parliament makes the laws and its ministers execute them. The highest judges are members of Parliament (the House of Lords) as well. So Lord Bereford was in the legislature when the statute was debated and passed.
In the struggle for political power, this is often forgotten. During the Barak Administration, the President proposed measures that had been introduced and supported by his Republican opponents earlier. But they then not only failed to support them but often filibustered in the Senate to block them. The Democrats failed to support some of their ideas when President Eisenhower introduced them.
In order to obtain the support for Obamacare from the Pharmaceutical industry, Obama, agreed to take this power away from the government.
3rd Earl Russell of Kingston. We was half a century ahead of Ronald Reagan and the conservatives on this one.
- Born: December 29, 1809
- Died: May 19, 1898
- Nationality: British
- Profession: Leader
William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years.
